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Thursday, 29 January 2015

There is still time to join in over at TIME OUT Challenges! This fortnight is a theme challenge, the theme being...

Valentines with the optional twist of Hearts

We have a FABulous sponsor for this challenge... STAMPlorations. There are 2 ways to win prizes:

1. Twist with us (use hearts) and we will do a random draw and the winner will get a $15 voucher for the store.

2. Comment on Shery's post at stamplorations for this challenge and we will do a random draw and the winner will get a stencil pack from stamplorations.

Here is my take on the theme...

With Valentine's just around the corner I decided to make another love themed card! This time I decided to use Always and Forever combined with All Occasion Sentiments #5. The love you heart is stamped in gold and then heat embossed with crystal embossing powder.

I then stamped the word valentine on the base card, but it is very subtle. It can be seen better in this close up...

This fortnight we have a lovely guest designer joining us, Valentyne, be sure to stop by Valentyne's blog Flourishtinato see how she was inspired by the photo and of course the FABulous TIME OUT Challenges Design Team...

For all the info and to link up your challenge be sure to stop by the TIME OUT Challenges blog. I look forward to seeing your creations :)

Before I go, how about a WINNER...? The last challenge at TIME OUT Challenges was sponsored by Uniko Studio and there was a chance of winning a £15 Gift Certificate to spend in store HERE just for commenting on the post. So, without further ado the randomly selected winner chosen by Random.org is no.21 who is...

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Well, I'm popping by this afternoon with a little 'thanks' card for all my new and continued followers here on the blog. I have a little spare time as Grandma has taken the beans for a walk to town :) Plus I also want to thank you all for the awesome amount of entries into the current challenge HERE. WOW! If you've not entered or want to enter again, you still have 2 days to do so.

Anyway, last night once my little beans had gone to bed I found a little time to create this card...

I recently purchased some Neenah card stock, as I had been reading lots of fab reviews about it and I've been itching to test it out and use my WPlus9 inks, which I have hardly used due to the lack of a good white card stock! I had done a little bit of 'test' stamping with my inks when it arrived and I am super happy with the results. I am looking forward to using the card in all my upcoming creations.

Ok, that's about all from me today, while I have a little 'time' I have a few preparation jobs for the upcoming 3rd Birthday and February Release here at Uniko Studio :) If you are new to Uniko Studio we have a release of new products every other month and the fun begins with Sneak Peeks on the 5th of the month. I do hope you'll stick around here and join in on the fun, not long to wait! I'll be back before then though with more to share, until then, THANK YOU for stopping by.

Thursday, 22 January 2015

It's time for the next challenge over at TIME OUT Challenges! This fortnight is a theme challenge, the theme being...

Valentines with the optional twist of Hearts

We have a FABulous sponsor for this challenge... STAMPlorations. There are 2 ways to win prizes:

1. Twist with us (use hearts) and we will do a random draw and the winner will get a $15 voucher for the store.

2. Comment on Shery's post at stamplorations for this challenge and we will do a random draw and the winner will get a stencil pack from stamplorations.

Here is my take on the theme...

I decided to make a OL card and went for a floral heart. My 'go to' set at the moment is Background Builders: Vines again! I just love using the ditsy flowers, they make me happy :)

I started by die cutting a heart shaped mask from copy paper and temporarily adhered it to my card. I then used a trio of Memento Luxe inks and stamped my floral pattern. Once it was dry I added some Wink of Stella to the larger flowers, you can just about see the sparkle in the photo below...

This fortnight we have a lovely guest designer joining us, Valentyne, be sure to stop by Valentyne's blog Flourishtinato see how she was inspired by the photo and of course the FABulous TIME OUT Challenges Design Team...

For all the info and to link up your challenge be sure to stop by the TIME OUT Challenges blog. I look forward to seeing your creations :) I'll be back soon with more to share, until then, thank you for stopping by today.

Thursday, 15 January 2015

I'm finally here today to remind you that there is still time to join in on the TIME OUT Challenge HERE, which Uniko Studio is sponsoring.

There are 2 £15 gift vouchers to spend in the Uniko store here up for grabs.

You can win these by:

1. Entering the challenge atTIME OUT Challenges.You can use any stamps but we love to see Uniko stamps!!-The challenge is open now until 5pm GMT on Wednesday 21st Jan-TIME OUT will do a random draw for this prize.

2. Comment on THIS post, we love to read your comments and will do a random draw for the prize.

This fortnight the challenge is a photo inspiration challenge...

The TIME OUT Challenges team have done a wonderful job of interpreting the inspiration HERE and I also created another card to share with you all...

Again I was inspired by the large 'hello' in the photo, but this time round I used a Mama Elephant die. I was also inspired by the green and floral cushion, hence my colour choices and use of florals from Background Builders: Vines.

After stamping the flowers and letting them dry I added a good amount of sparkle using my Wink of Stella pen and then adhered the panel to the green card base using foam adhesive.

Ok, that's all from me today, I had better dash before the beans wake up from their nap and want their tea! At least they are napping this afternoon as yesterday they refused to and I had two cranky babies until they went to bed!

Thanks for stopping by today & I hope you find some TIME OUT to join in on the challenge :)

1. Entering the challenge atTIME OUT Challenges.You can use any stamps but we love to see Uniko stamps!!-The challenge is open now until 5pm GMT on Wednesday 21st Jan-TIME OUT will do a random draw for this prize.

2. Comment on this post-we love to read your comments and will do a random draw for the prize

Now for this challenge:

Create a crafting project using this photo as inspiration:

So much here to inspire you-wood, sentiment as the focal point, flowers, patterns, colours and so much more!

Monday, 5 January 2015

Ok, so I am a little behind on wishing you all a Happy New Year, but here I am & I wish you a very happy, healthy & creative 2015 :)

It's all things back to normal here at Uniko Studio HQ as the hubby has returned to work today after nearly two weeks off with us. I had a mild panic attack thinking 'how will I cope with the beans without him again', so far all is going smoothly!

With having hubby home and lots of family time I didn't get round to creating much, but I did make the beans a First Christmas card each and so I thought I'd share that with you today...

Nothing like leaving things to the last minute, I sat down on Christmas Eve night to make them! I had them planned out so they came together quite quickly. I used Background Builders: Christmas for the silver snowflakes, Sweet Baby for the bear & added a Hero Arts stamped santa hat and finally a combined SU! and Simply Said Christmas sentiment.

I used Prismacolor pencils to colour the bear and blended them with gamsol. I then added a good dose of Wink of Stella to the bear and added glitter to the santa hat. To keep things fair I did the two cards exactly the same in the same colours!

I thought I'd share a few photos from the day, it was CrAzY as both were over excited and over tired at times...

This is the only photo them both in their personalised snowflake tops I bought them especially for Christmas Day. Josh promptly threw up all over his just as I'd got him dressed, so I quickly hand washed it and tumble dried it before we left for Grandma & Grandad's house!

They got lots of First Christmas things and these were the hats Grandma bought them...

Josh flaked out in his bouncy seat & Ben below with Grandad...

Ok, I had better be going as the boys are sure to be waking up soon for their lunch and I have some SAHM duties to do and orders to pack which reminds me, there is a CRAZY January SALE over on the Uniko Studio website HERE. Don't miss out on a bargain & there is limited stock on some items, so be quick, it ends Saturday 10th January!

Thanks for stopping by today & I'll be back later this week with more to share :)